Violent protests took place across Karnataka today over the question of a CBI probe into the death of IAS officer DK Ravi. In Bangalore, the protesters of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad -- the student wing of the BJP -- were lathicharged by the police. In Tumkur too, the mob clashed with the police.
The opposition BJP and JDS, which are holding an indefinite protest at the assembly, said they will take their demand to Governor Vajubhai Vala. The protesting lawmakers have spent two consecutive nights at the Assembly.
Sources told NDTV that the Union home minister, Rajnath Singh, has spoken to Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah and advised that the state opt for a CBI inquiry.
Yesterday, Union Law Minister Sadananda Gowda, who was also a former chief minister of Karnataka, met the Home Minister about the issue, and called for a CBI probe.
The case is currently with the state Criminal Investigation Department, which, Mr Siddaramaiah said, was "perfectly capable" of handling it.
Karnataka's Kolar, where Mr Ravi took on the sand mafia, had seen widespread protests after his death, which the police said, was a prima facie case of suicide. The 36-year-old officer was found hanging at his flat in Bengaluru on Monday.
Mr Ravi's father-in-law Hanumantharayappa, at whose home the officer had spent the weekend, alleged that he had told him he was "being targeted" by a particular group.
Mr Ravi's parents, who sat on a dharna yesterday after conducting the last rites, have threatened to commit suicide unless justice was done.
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